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obama on same-sex marriage, right? in favor when he ran for state senate, a post when he ran statewide -- >> he evolved. >> that is not a flip-flop when you are republican -- >> exactly right. >> how about its record? > -- straight forward? >> i give that to romney. obviously, fox has failed again. >> john f. kennedy was a person of courage, but people like him because he was a real person. >> what does that mean? >> you know what that means big he looked like a real person, not a ken doll. >> this kind of hagiography -- "he looks like a real person"? >> romney has been playing before -- you look at the people standing before barack obama, the kennedy audience, another picture of america. a romney audience, you see -- >> kennedy fitted humphrey in the primary not because he was so but because he had a father who was a billionaire. >> oh, -- >> we can talk about the west virginia primary some other time. >> romney's problem is this. we have the democrats, the party of the rubble, the uneducated. and like to nominate ari
obama on same-sex marriage, right? in favor when he ran for state senate, a post when he ran statewide -- >> he evolved. >> that is not a flip-flop when you are republican -- >> exactly right. >> how about its record? > -- straight forward? >> i give that to romney. obviously, fox has failed again. >> john f. kennedy was a person of courage, but people like him because he was a real person. >> what does that mean? >> you know what that means...
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in town with obama the whether obama should have dealt with him. it was one of the mono and obama fell short. >> the result is historical unique. in the 50 years of presidential debates, and nothing there has ever been a debate where there was such a decisive win in an absence of gaff. if you have something like four with eastern europe, or others along the way, it is decisive. it is usually a muddled outcome, or just one bad moment, like i knew jack kennedy. there was not a sound bite in this. one other point, the moderator. i know jim lehrer has taken a lot of abuse because he lost control of the debate. we want the moderate enough to be in control. why should be in control of the debate? the debate ought to be about the participants. if the moderator ever in the future says, we have got to stop this and move on, i would like to hear one candidate say, why? besides we have to have six segments instead of five. >> the criticism of jim lehrer is -- from time to time, obama would look at him saying, help me, jim. mitt is not playing fair. >> in that
in town with obama the whether obama should have dealt with him. it was one of the mono and obama fell short. >> the result is historical unique. in the 50 years of presidential debates, and nothing there has ever been a debate where there was such a decisive win in an absence of gaff. if you have something like four with eastern europe, or others along the way, it is decisive. it is usually a muddled outcome, or just one bad moment, like i knew jack kennedy. there was not a sound bite in...
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effective for president obama. he's used spanish-speaking volunteers talking about the issues, talking to other people in the community about that. just kind of one-to-one thing that realy helps build trust in the hispanic community. this is someone we can trust. >> woodruff: greg allen joining us with a look at what both campaigns are doing to reach hispanic voters. thanks very much. >> my pleasure. >> ifill: tune in tomorrow night for special pbs' coverage of the first presidential debate, moderated by jim lehrer. mark shields and david brooks will join judy and me for real time analysis at 9:00 p.m. eastern time. but our coverage begins at noon online, when we begin live stream coverage with interviews on policy, a politics preview and a live blog throughout the debate itself. the conversation continues after the debate ends at a google-plus hangout with undecided battleground state voters. >> woodruff: there are new developments today in the benghazi consulate attack as congressional committee leaders turn up t
effective for president obama. he's used spanish-speaking volunteers talking about the issues, talking to other people in the community about that. just kind of one-to-one thing that realy helps build trust in the hispanic community. this is someone we can trust. >> woodruff: greg allen joining us with a look at what both campaigns are doing to reach hispanic voters. thanks very much. >> my pleasure. >> ifill: tune in tomorrow night for special pbs' coverage of the first...
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bush, 3.5 years of barack obama. that is a terrible, terrible record, dismal for the future. >> nina, what did you make of jeb bush's comments about the republican party, that ronald reagan would have a hard time if you define the party as having an orthodoxy that is not allowed this agreement? >> it is a vicious truth. it is so with a box that you saw him try to walk it back the next day -- so oorthodox that you saw him try to walk it back the next day. what we are watching is the extremes in both parties -- more at the moment in the republican party, but it will be true in the democratic party eventually -- that is where the money is. the money gets plowed into whoever is the most orthodox candidate in th primary. facto -- ns desp a whoever wins is more to the right or to the left of the previous candidate. as much as americans think of themselves as moderates or the middle of road and want to compromise, the system, with this gusher of money that we now see on the outside, is not doing that. >> jeb b -- jeb bush w
bush, 3.5 years of barack obama. that is a terrible, terrible record, dismal for the future. >> nina, what did you make of jeb bush's comments about the republican party, that ronald reagan would have a hard time if you define the party as having an orthodoxy that is not allowed this agreement? >> it is a vicious truth. it is so with a box that you saw him try to walk it back the next day -- so oorthodox that you saw him try to walk it back the next day. what we are watching is the...
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president obama's video came with the launch of a new campaign project called people of faith for obama. >> i'm asking for your support because we have more work to do to build an economy where families are values and secure, to expand opportunity and extend compassion and pursue the common good. >>> meanwhile, governor romney's campaign released a video that was played for religious conservatives at the values voter summit in washington last weekend. >> all we ask is that you join us and commit like never before. this election could come down to just one more vote. i ask you to find that one vote, ask one more person to join our campaign. >>> our managing editor kim lawton has been covering the campaigns. kim, what do we know so far from the polls about how faith-based people are dividing? >> reporter: well, of course, it's just a snapshot for right now but there were some new numbers this week that suggested that evangelicals, that all important group for republicans, do seem to be supporting mitt romney at around the same levels they supported john mccain, so that's very high, so tha
president obama's video came with the launch of a new campaign project called people of faith for obama. >> i'm asking for your support because we have more work to do to build an economy where families are values and secure, to expand opportunity and extend compassion and pursue the common good. >>> meanwhile, governor romney's campaign released a video that was played for religious conservatives at the values voter summit in washington last weekend. >> all we ask is that...
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barack obama. obama won in a landslide because of latino voters. that is something that republicans other than george w. bush do not understand. >> i wanto talk about this more. >> 3, 4, 5, 6, seven years ago, if i do the job as vice president -- i'm sorry. [laughter] >> you guys all got that, right? >> bit of a gaffe there. but look at this -- the nbc- "wall street journal" poll, romney is trailing obama want latinos. romney-rubio, match made in had been. -- heaven. >> match made in purgatory. [laughter] now, he is smart, he makes a great case, he has a record in florida. >> but? >> but we went through this four years ago. everybody is an amateur running for national office, and the republicans learned painfully in 2008 with gov. palin. >> this guy is no sarah palin. >> no sarah palin, but you are taking a chance. there is questions. does the cuban connection reached latinos, with the dominant vote in the country among the latino community? >> with rubio on the ticket, does he close the gap? >> id
barack obama. obama won in a landslide because of latino voters. that is something that republicans other than george w. bush do not understand. >> i wanto talk about this more. >> 3, 4, 5, 6, seven years ago, if i do the job as vice president -- i'm sorry. [laughter] >> you guys all got that, right? >> bit of a gaffe there. but look at this -- the nbc- "wall street journal" poll, romney is trailing obama want latinos. romney-rubio, match made in had been. --...
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>> president obama. >> rose: right. >> what would you add to that? those are the basic kind of -- >> well there is a different variations of cares about pele, o undetands the middle class. i thought all along, governor romney on those questions, those character and trade questions, governor romney needed to do three things. on cares about you, understands the middle class be closer than he could have been, he couldn't lose those by large double digit margins and narrowed those. couldn't win them, had no narrow them. had plans for the economy needed a significant lead. the president has been ahead at times, kind of remarkable and three is, is favorable, unfavablegovernor rney wentn the geral election season based on most polls as the worst nominee of either party ever in terms of do you like this person or not? do you think of them favorably, unfavorably, he has really improved and in fact in some polling he went past the president on that measure. and that is to go back to the question of what is the one dynamic of this campaign? would he be seen as
>> president obama. >> rose: right. >> what would you add to that? those are the basic kind of -- >> well there is a different variations of cares about pele, o undetands the middle class. i thought all along, governor romney on those questions, those character and trade questions, governor romney needed to do three things. on cares about you, understands the middle class be closer than he could have been, he couldn't lose those by large double digit margins and narrowed...
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. >> is the obama administration guilty of a cover-up in the benghazi attack? >> i think she knew better, and if she did no better, she should not be the voice of america. . >> for them to go after the u.n. ambassador, who had nothing to do with benghazi, and was simply making a presentation based on intelligence she had received, and to besmirch her reputation, is outrageous. >> they're talking about our u.n. ambassador, who could be the president's nominee to be secretary of state. this is about her appearance on talk shows on september 16 following the september 11 attacks in benghazi. charles krauthammer, our friend here, who is off this week -- i think he is in miami traveling -- has been hammering away at this for weeks but he said that it was fun cover story in the run-up to the election. what do we know about this? .> we don't know yet maybe the intelligence committees have some notion, but we really don't know yet. they are still conducting the investigation within the state department. it seems like there were 85 things going on at once. i am not clea
. >> is the obama administration guilty of a cover-up in the benghazi attack? >> i think she knew better, and if she did no better, she should not be the voice of america. . >> for them to go after the u.n. ambassador, who had nothing to do with benghazi, and was simply making a presentation based on intelligence she had received, and to besmirch her reputation, is outrageous. >> they're talking about our u.n. ambassador, who could be the president's nominee to be...
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cturamg religious voters, especially catholics, who have been almost evenly split between president obama and governor romney. on thursday, both candidates attended the annual al smith charity dinner sponsored by the catholic archdiocese of new york. at the usually lighthearted event, both men made jokes at their own expense, but obama ended on a serious note -- >> it's written in scripture that tribulation produces perseverance. and perseverance, character. and character, hope. >>> this week, the u.s. catholic bishops have been urging special prayers for religious liberty. at a mass to open the rosary novena for life and liberty, archbishop william lori said catholics must bring their beliefs to the public square. religion came up briefly at the presidential debate tuesday, when mitt romney made a rare reference to his mormon faith. >> and i believe we're all children of the same god. i believe we have a responsibility to care for one other. i -- i served as a missiony for mchur. i rveds a storn my congregation for about ten years. >>> last week we began a new miniseries we're calling "n
cturamg religious voters, especially catholics, who have been almost evenly split between president obama and governor romney. on thursday, both candidates attended the annual al smith charity dinner sponsored by the catholic archdiocese of new york. at the usually lighthearted event, both men made jokes at their own expense, but obama ended on a serious note -- >> it's written in scripture that tribulation produces perseverance. and perseverance, character. and character, hope....
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obama has to plan on the obama campaign and improving. the problem solving, the fixer, the guy who is excited with ideas is a very attractive candidate. if they can make the spotlight of the campaign on that with this new interest they're going to generate, they're going to do pretty well. the obama guys will try to use paid advertising and other things move the campaign into other stuff. but i think we now have a different more competitive race and we'll see what happens. >> rose: katty. >> before i freeze out here today, i'm blaming the cold. the obama campaign has spent millions of dollars successfully making mitt romney unacceptab as a choice to the american public. tonight mitt romney made himself acceptable in the course of a 9 0-minute debate. >> rose: thank you, you're cold. >> it gets better and better. i think we saw people in each party say well obviously our candidate barely has a tongue, we don't know if they'll be able to. but it was skewed and what the obama team had an opportunity to do with a good debate was sort of end i
obama has to plan on the obama campaign and improving. the problem solving, the fixer, the guy who is excited with ideas is a very attractive candidate. if they can make the spotlight of the campaign on that with this new interest they're going to generate, they're going to do pretty well. the obama guys will try to use paid advertising and other things move the campaign into other stuff. but i think we now have a different more competitive race and we'll see what happens. >> rose: katty....
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barack obama and his team or mitt romney and his team? >> i am a democrat and have been a lifelong democrat. i would -- well, i don't know who the team will be, i would hope tim would agree to stay another term years. >> rose: and you think tim would be ready to leave? >> but i would say -- i happen to support the president in his economic, and his economic team. i believe our crisis was so severe that it was not a four-year fix. if we look at housing today, our housing problem was not created -- it was created by both the democrats and republicans, we had policies that were really obscene, we had in 20,078,000,000 unsold homes in this country, we need a million to a million and a half homes every year to, to accommodate immigration, family formation and replacement. >> rose: everybody says to me warren buffett on down all-round say to me, you know, we will not have an economic recovery until we fix the housing crisis. >> but it is almost fixed, it is just time. we are about a year away from the excess inventory being behind us so you are
barack obama and his team or mitt romney and his team? >> i am a democrat and have been a lifelong democrat. i would -- well, i don't know who the team will be, i would hope tim would agree to stay another term years. >> rose: and you think tim would be ready to leave? >> but i would say -- i happen to support the president in his economic, and his economic team. i believe our crisis was so severe that it was not a four-year fix. if we look at housing today, our housing...
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i vote for obama? d-- nd that is still a question for me. if i had to vote tomorrow, i'd probably vote for my mom. >> in 2008, my wife and i, we knocked on doors for president obama. she may be knocking on doors but i won't be walking those doors with her. i'm definitely not at that place. >> warner: so are you saying you remain undecided? >> i'm married. ( laughter ) and i just make big decisions in my life in conjunction with discussions with my wife. and so i'm afraid at this point i have to say that i'm still undecide. >> warner: all this to say in pursuit of undecided voters, the two candidates still have more persuading to do. >> woodruff: and with us once again, as they've been every night for two weeks-- in tampa and in charlotte-- are shields and brooks. that's syndicated columnist mark shields and "new york times" columnist david brooks. gentlemen. i promise not to talk about your-- the circles under your eyes if you don't talk about the circles under mine. so these undecide motorth voters, d
i vote for obama? d-- nd that is still a question for me. if i had to vote tomorrow, i'd probably vote for my mom. >> in 2008, my wife and i, we knocked on doors for president obama. she may be knocking on doors but i won't be walking those doors with her. i'm definitely not at that place. >> warner: so are you saying you remain undecided? >> i'm married. ( laughter ) and i just make big decisions in my life in conjunction with discussions with my wife. and so i'm afraid at...
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, obama, are you with us? are you with him?" not one word of encouragement from the president of the united states. >> rose: that's come up before. why do you think the president didn't speak to that? >> because the president said he wanted to be able to negotiate with the islamic republic of iran. he was telling our ambassadors around the world to invite their own aian counterparts to the fourth of july celebration. he was sending personal notes to ahmadinejad... >> rose: the supreme leader. >> he was under the impression that somehow he could deal with these iranians and by not standing up... we watched a young woman named neda on facebook bleed to death in the street in tehran. i mean, to me it's... >> rose: if john mccain had been president what would he have done? >> i'd have been doing what ronald reagan did during the cold war and said "god bless you i am with you." we don't want to do what we did in hungary in 1956 when we encouraged them and then the russian tanks rolled in but to give them the moral
, obama, are you with us? are you with him?" not one word of encouragement from the president of the united states. >> rose: that's come up before. why do you think the president didn't speak to that? >> because the president said he wanted to be able to negotiate with the islamic republic of iran. he was telling our ambassadors around the world to invite their own aian counterparts to the fourth of july celebration. he was sending personal notes to ahmadinejad... >>...
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everyone assumed that obama would because he had said as much. and when the time came, he looked at it and clearly his political people said to him, you're raising so much more money than mccain, why would you go into that system and limit your spending? so don't go into the system. >>> we've made the decision not to participate in the public financing system for the general election. this means we'll be forgoing more than $80 million in public funds during the final months of this election. it's not an easy decision, and especially because i support a robust system of public financing of elections. >>> and i think that was a practical, political decision, but contrary to everything he had said about the value of public financing. and what we're now learning is, once that cat is out of the bag, it's really hard to put it back in. >> and so we're in a radically different place than we were four years ago. individuals now can give unlimited amounts and corporations to these super pacs. if they give to the allied (c) (4) social welfare group, no one
everyone assumed that obama would because he had said as much. and when the time came, he looked at it and clearly his political people said to him, you're raising so much more money than mccain, why would you go into that system and limit your spending? so don't go into the system. >>> we've made the decision not to participate in the public financing system for the general election. this means we'll be forgoing more than $80 million in public funds during the final months of this...
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president obama doesn't get is. he can't fix the economy because he gn doesn't know how it was built. so in 70 days when the american people walk into the voting booth, what should we do? should throw him out. because we can do better, we can do a lot better. and it starts with throwing out the politician who doesn't get it and electing a new precede whpresidentwho does. mitt romney comes from a family of builders. his father built houses, built businesses, built industry. george romney was a can-do kind of guy and he was fond of the whole saying that when things are at their worst, that's just the place and the time that the tide will turn. well delegates, this is that time and this is that place. [cheers and applause] we're here to preserve this country the same way we built it, by exercising our god-given right to set a new course. so who wetter t better to turn e than a man dead gated his career for doing just that, for the stage and businesses and olympic games. president romney, boy i like the sound of that. p
president obama doesn't get is. he can't fix the economy because he gn doesn't know how it was built. so in 70 days when the american people walk into the voting booth, what should we do? should throw him out. because we can do better, we can do a lot better. and it starts with throwing out the politician who doesn't get it and electing a new precede whpresidentwho does. mitt romney comes from a family of builders. his father built houses, built businesses, built industry. george romney was a...
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ths the first defeat since november 6 for barack obama. emboldens republicans. finally, one thing -- what is missing in this whole drama is any counteroffensive on her behalf. the administration mounted one. she was exposed to the negatives from republicans -- >> oba was forer t the president does not have any friends. the president of the united states does not have the political capital -- >> he should be able to orchestrate support. >> that says something about his weakness. assad, even the russians are bailing on him. >> when the russians are building on you, that is the canary in the coal mine. they have been a tremendous ally for half a century. they have a naval cility in sya, and they will lose if they lose him. the deputy foreign minister said that it is a dark future and their thinking of evaluating russians who live in syria. the thing is that everybody can see that the rebels are gaining and holding their ground. the worst thing i've read is the russians think -- it imports into four countries, because it is so ethnically rifted -- the somalia and th
ths the first defeat since november 6 for barack obama. emboldens republicans. finally, one thing -- what is missing in this whole drama is any counteroffensive on her behalf. the administration mounted one. she was exposed to the negatives from republicans -- >> oba was forer t the president does not have any friends. the president of the united states does not have the political capital -- >> he should be able to orchestrate support. >> that says something about his...
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and you know, obama managed, for better or for worse, the response to the recession, did not come down heavily on the bank, did not -- no one's in jail. there's been some scolding but nothing's really happened to the hedge fund managers, to the big banks, and yet that money is no romney this time because those interests see in romney and see in the republicans that their agenda is going to be pushed to where they want it, that it is a more extreme pro-business deregulatory climate, that the republican party is eager to usher in. >> both sides can play this game, but republicans have an inherent advantage in their natural constituency has a lot more money. outside expenditures the kind of money we refer toas dark money is, you know, about two-thirds two three-quarters republican, and the rest is on the democratic side. i'm sure democrats and liberals in general would take more of that kind of money if it were available but it's not. >> "mother jones" was the first i saw that used the term "dark money" what are you after there? why that term? >> searching around for a metaphor and we had
and you know, obama managed, for better or for worse, the response to the recession, did not come down heavily on the bank, did not -- no one's in jail. there's been some scolding but nothing's really happened to the hedge fund managers, to the big banks, and yet that money is no romney this time because those interests see in romney and see in the republicans that their agenda is going to be pushed to where they want it, that it is a more extreme pro-business deregulatory climate, that the...
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president obama heldaise first press conference since his reelection. he delivered a brief opening statement, emphasizing the need tovert the fiscal cliff set to take effect january 1. >> there's only one way to solve these humans and that is to do it together. as i've said before, i'm open to compromise and i'm open to new ideas and i've been encouraged the past week to hear republican after republican to agree on the need from more revenue from the wealthiest american as parent of our arithmetic if we're serious about reducing the deficit. >> the president fielded questions. the budget was the most pressing subject. obama vowed not tho extend the bush tax cuts for the top 2% of income earners. >> when it comes to the top 2%, what i'm not going to do is to extend further a tax cut for folks who don't need it, which would cost close to $1 trillion, and it's very difficult to see how you make up that trillion dollars, if we're serious about deficit reduction, just by closing loopholes and deductions. the math tend not to work. >> the president also addre
president obama heldaise first press conference since his reelection. he delivered a brief opening statement, emphasizing the need tovert the fiscal cliff set to take effect january 1. >> there's only one way to solve these humans and that is to do it together. as i've said before, i'm open to compromise and i'm open to new ideas and i've been encouraged the past week to hear republican after republican to agree on the need from more revenue from the wealthiest american as parent of our...
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captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> woodruff: the obama administration will stop deporting some young illegal immigrants and grant them work permits. good evening. i'm judy woodruff. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, we debate what the new rules mean for some 800,000 young people and for the nation's immigration policy. >> woodruff: then, we preview two upcoming elections: first, in greece, which has european leaders worried about what the results could mean for the euro-zone. >> brown: and in egypt, where political tensions are high after a court ordered that parliament be dissolved. >> woodruff: tom bearden reports on wildfires in colorado, where a dry winter, high winds, and a tiny insect are making it hard to contain the flames. >> pine bark beetle devastated millions of acres 6 western forest and when fires move through, dead trees can cause it to burn hotter and move much faster. >> brown: plus, mark shields and michael gerson analyze the week's news. >> woodruff: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has
captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> woodruff: the obama administration will stop deporting some young illegal immigrants and grant them work permits. good evening. i'm judy woodruff. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, we debate what the new rules mean for some 800,000 young people and for the nation's immigration policy. >> woodruff: then, we preview two upcoming elections: first, in greece, which has european leaders worried about what...
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>>it is bad for obama. the rule of thumb was 150,000 jobs a month, the break even point, you want to be above that if you are the incumbent. we have had three months in a row of bad numbers so now to catch up to get to the point where the 34ri9 call science models or many say it is an advantage for him or at leasnot a complete negative he has to have a quarter million job growth for the rest of the year. that seems unlikely. so you go not election thinking that the economy will be a pretty strong fleing fiv. >> woodruff: pretty strong negative. >> yeah, i would think so and i have to say the done i had-- downside risks are better than the upside risks. it is lard to see the economy picking up. it is easy to see europe having something really negative happen. if europe collapse, if the euro coulds las, more than a greece withdrawal i think is extremely hard for the president to get reelected. it is sort of out of his hands. but up until now, it's a negative with a euro collapse. >> woodruff: we heard earlier
>>it is bad for obama. the rule of thumb was 150,000 jobs a month, the break even point, you want to be above that if you are the incumbent. we have had three months in a row of bad numbers so now to catch up to get to the point where the 34ri9 call science models or many say it is an advantage for him or at leasnot a complete negative he has to have a quarter million job growth for the rest of the year. that seems unlikely. so you go not election thinking that the economy will be a...
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be nervous if you were advising obama if romney was the nominee? >> i would be nervous if i was barack obama anyway with the numbers in this country, economic confidence, his job approval number is bad, much worse than bush was nuclear non-proliferation when he was in a close election. but i would especially nervous for him if it's mitt romney running against him in an environment like this. it makes him incredibly vulnerable. >> rose: great to see you. >> rose: robert massie is here. his new book is called "catherine the great, portrait of a woman." it's a story of a young princess whose ambitions transrms russia to a gate power. i am pleased to have robert massie back at this table. welcome. >> thank y, charlie. >> rose: you have had such a great life as you well know. coming out of lexington, kentucky, a great state and a great city then go to yale and study history and oxford as a rhodes scholar and write these long narratives about great russian figures as well as some other stories that you've written. this is the way to live a life. >> i've
be nervous if you were advising obama if romney was the nominee? >> i would be nervous if i was barack obama anyway with the numbers in this country, economic confidence, his job approval number is bad, much worse than bush was nuclear non-proliferation when he was in a close election. but i would especially nervous for him if it's mitt romney running against him in an environment like this. it makes him incredibly vulnerable. >> rose: great to see you. >> rose: robert massie...
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hillary clinton -- west region and never did love barack obama. hillary clinton buried him. >> lyndon johnson had a similar experience -- >> look what happened to him. >> that indicated he was going to be in trouble. south carolina, the race last year, an unknown individual with a criminal record also won the democratic nomination and got votes from people who knew nothing abt him. >> the democratic party is a big tent party. >> that prison in texas has some of the worst of the worst also. >> there are a lot of angry voters out there bank, if they are voting for cons. >> angry republican voters told lugar take a hike. >> the lugar election, which you could see coming about a month and half ago, is real evidence of such polarization that mr. mourdock said, "the problem with lugar is that he voted across party lines start this in my view, that is not the way to run the country, but it is winning more and more. it gives the democrats an opening in indiana. i'm not sure, big it is, because indiana as basically a republican state. >> lugar brought this
hillary clinton -- west region and never did love barack obama. hillary clinton buried him. >> lyndon johnson had a similar experience -- >> look what happened to him. >> that indicated he was going to be in trouble. south carolina, the race last year, an unknown individual with a criminal record also won the democratic nomination and got votes from people who knew nothing abt him. >> the democratic party is a big tent party. >> that prison in texas has some of the...
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obama's record on the economy. to hear the republican perspective, we went to former minnesota governor tim pawlenty -- a one-time romney opponent who now serves as national co- chair for the romney campaign. governor tim pawlenty, thank you for talking with us. >> it's good to be with you, judy, thanks for having me. rough rough let me ask you first about the economy. president obama, former president bill clinton whom i talked to two days ago say that despite the weak jobs numbers from last month that the underpinnings of this economy and r strong and that this is an economy that's eventually on the way to full recovery. how do you and governor romney see it? >> well, we can set aside the partisan spin and look at the numbers, judy. you have 40 months of above 8% unemployment. you have 23 million-- let me repeat that-- 23 million americans unemployed, underemployed, or have given up looking for work and those numbers are worse in many other categories. so to look at that and to say that we're on the road to recov
obama's record on the economy. to hear the republican perspective, we went to former minnesota governor tim pawlenty -- a one-time romney opponent who now serves as national co- chair for the romney campaign. governor tim pawlenty, thank you for talking with us. >> it's good to be with you, judy, thanks for having me. rough rough let me ask you first about the economy. president obama, former president bill clinton whom i talked to two days ago say that despite the weak jobs numbers from...
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romney charged the obama policies have failed. egypt's highest court ordered the islamist-dominated parliament dissolved. it also let a former mubarak-era prime minister stay in the presidential run-off. and on the "newshour", republican senator john mccain demanded stronger action against the syrian government. he said the obama administration's policy has been shameful. online, it's science thursday. hari sreenivasan has the details. >> sreenivasan: we look at the science of storytelling with author jonathan gottschall. his new book, "the storytelling animal," examines why telling stories is as natural to humans as breathing. patchwork nation looks at the new challenges facing the obama campaign to bring the college students, who supported him in 2008, on board this year. and we report on governor scott walker's meeting with reporters in washington today. find out what advice the wisconsin republican had for mitt romney. those stories are all on the rundown and there's much more on our website: newshour.pbs.org. judy? >> woodruf
romney charged the obama policies have failed. egypt's highest court ordered the islamist-dominated parliament dissolved. it also let a former mubarak-era prime minister stay in the presidential run-off. and on the "newshour", republican senator john mccain demanded stronger action against the syrian government. he said the obama administration's policy has been shameful. online, it's science thursday. hari sreenivasan has the details. >> sreenivasan: we look at the science of...
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president obama telling the u.a.w. today that the republicans are in essence, he's saying the republicans were wrong to blame the union members for what happened to the auto industry. >> he's got a good case, i think. you know, if you go back and look his first term and the way he talks about it, the stimulus package, health care is down here but the auto bailout is up here. he's very proud of that. it's popular now. what's striking is that as the president is saying, never on defense. i'm going to run all year. i'm not waiting for these guys to shut up. i'm going to run, run, run. that's what he's doing. >> woodruff: in a few words what about the president's tactic today? >> the president obvusl wants talk... he'd like the michigan primary to go on on the republican side for another three weeks because this is a rare and undiminished success, undiluted success of the obama economic program. this is the auto rescue. and it's seen that way increasingly by voters. he likes the fact that republicans candidates are all on
president obama telling the u.a.w. today that the republicans are in essence, he's saying the republicans were wrong to blame the union members for what happened to the auto industry. >> he's got a good case, i think. you know, if you go back and look his first term and the way he talks about it, the stimulus package, health care is down here but the auto bailout is up here. he's very proud of that. it's popular now. what's striking is that as the president is saying, never on defense....
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obama and has been tracking the developments this week from washington. and is the investigation turning up new details-- details that's pulling in these new people under suspension. >> it appears that there are new details emerging from this investigation. already today we've heard from the secret service, through briefings that they are having with lawmakers and federal officials that the number of secret service employees that are being investigating is up from 11 to 12. we heard from the u.s. military today that the number of people that they're investigating in this is up from 10 to 11. so the scope of the investigation continues to widen. the secret service is continuing to brief lawmakers on the hill. they are briefing the white house. we heard that the president today just received a briefing from director mark sullivan, the director of the secret service. so it appears as more people are being implicated in this investigation, that there are new details that the investigators are learning. >> suarez: careers are ending but some people are leaving
obama and has been tracking the developments this week from washington. and is the investigation turning up new details-- details that's pulling in these new people under suspension. >> it appears that there are new details emerging from this investigation. already today we've heard from the secret service, through briefings that they are having with lawmakers and federal officials that the number of secret service employees that are being investigating is up from 11 to 12. we heard from...
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maybe obama is more likable, it's not that much more likable. romney is a pretty decent guy so, i think there is some upside there, that's my personal opinion. >> woodruff: so mark, you know, whatever romney's task is, do you agree with david that the race is tight? romney has picked up a little bit. >> yes, i will say this, the formulation of this race is that if president obama is re-elected on november 6th it will be primarily because he ran against mitt romney. if he were running unopposed, 2012 would be a very tough fight for him. i mean i think david's right. the race is close. i think that tells you how vulnerable the president is with only 43% of the voters think he deserves re-election, by a 2 to 1 margin people think the country is headed in the wrong direction. but romney has essentially wasted the four months he had from the time he became the de facto nominee. he has not filled in, there are two things people want to know. what kind of a guy is he, who is he. he has not revealed himself. and he has a special problem because he only
maybe obama is more likable, it's not that much more likable. romney is a pretty decent guy so, i think there is some upside there, that's my personal opinion. >> woodruff: so mark, you know, whatever romney's task is, do you agree with david that the race is tight? romney has picked up a little bit. >> yes, i will say this, the formulation of this race is that if president obama is re-elected on november 6th it will be primarily because he ran against mitt romney. if he were...
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barack obama raised more money than mitt romney has. you can make comparisons but when you look at how many fat cats have donated to anyone campaign barack obama owns that title. and the ft that y hav outside spending is not something new. it's been happening really over the last 20 years. and the facts are that barack obama in 2008 had an opportunity to fall under the campaign finance rules. he actually had an agreement with john mccain to do so and broke his agreement when he realized i cançr this time than i ever thought wildly possible. if anybody is undermining the campaign finance system or individual it's probab barack obama. so it's funny now that he would start complaining about it. he protests too much. >> you want to respond to that? eah there's been outside spending for 20 years but never at this level. never, the citizens united court case just scrambled the playing field and changed the dynamic completely and no question it's benefiting the republicans in this election. >> and the other thing i want to ask is the obama ca
barack obama raised more money than mitt romney has. you can make comparisons but when you look at how many fat cats have donated to anyone campaign barack obama owns that title. and the ft that y hav outside spending is not something new. it's been happening really over the last 20 years. and the facts are that barack obama in 2008 had an opportunity to fall under the campaign finance rules. he actually had an agreement with john mccain to do so and broke his agreement when he realized i...
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barack obama would win based upon the superior effort of the obama campaign a this point and in turning out early voters. >> evan ? >> obama, but we still have a way to go. >> nina? >> i hate doing this, but obama because of the crown them. >> colby? >> national tracking polls has of them close, but the key battleground states, obama still holds a lead. >> what is the ground game, mark? >> the organized effort over months to identify and not only support -- identified not only supporters, but leaners, and persuade them on how one by one retail basis. weeks before election day, you know who your voters are. you want to be sure you get the vote. >> in many of the battle ground states, obama has more field offices. >> it is down to micromanaging, micro-issuing these of votes. interestingly, the republicans had a better ground game in 2004, and a lot of people think that is why and they won that close election. it sort of fell into disrepair today are building it back up now, but i don't think they are anywhere near where obama is yet. >> there is another question. which candidate has the m
barack obama would win based upon the superior effort of the obama campaign a this point and in turning out early voters. >> evan ? >> obama, but we still have a way to go. >> nina? >> i hate doing this, but obama because of the crown them. >> colby? >> national tracking polls has of them close, but the key battleground states, obama still holds a lead. >> what is the ground game, mark? >> the organized effort over months to identify and not only...
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, the reason that story had some legs was because there was a sense that that is really what barack obama feels about those people, he over came it but that has legs. i think this story has legs for the same reason, is it a disqualifier, of course not but wrong it is going to go away. >> the same reason the windsurfer commercial had legs with respect to john kerry. >> i did and interview with governorromney before i was in new hampshire and spent halfhe me ting to talk to him about the workerat bain capital who got laid off, how did he feel about them as a human being? i couldn't get him to really answer the question on those terms. he kept answering it pretty clinical, about accep antiseptie said things at the end of the new hampshire concept he doesn't have a good feel for the human aspect of democracy, and of decisions made by government. >> will that come out in a debate with obama if he is the nominee. >> and on the campan trail. >> so notwithstanding everythi we he said here, everybody at this table, and in washington believes that mitt romney is the nominee? >> you can invent a sce
, the reason that story had some legs was because there was a sense that that is really what barack obama feels about those people, he over came it but that has legs. i think this story has legs for the same reason, is it a disqualifier, of course not but wrong it is going to go away. >> the same reason the windsurfer commercial had legs with respect to john kerry. >> i did and interview with governorromney before i was in new hampshire and spent halfhe me ting to talk to him about...
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president obama marked the improvement today in petersburg, virginia, at a rolls royce aircraft engine plant. >> the economy is getting stronger. and when i come to places like this and i see the work that's being done, it gives me confidence there are better days ahead. >> suarez: the labor department counted more than 142 million americans at work in february, the most since january 2009. employers added a net total of 227,000 jobs, somewhat better than expected. overall, the work force has increased by more than 730,000 posionsince the beginning o december. the gains have been helped by expanding payrolls in the manufacturing sector, now at their highest since april of 2009. and even the number of under- employed fell below 15% for the first time in three years. still, the president acknowledged there is much more to do. >> day by day, we're creating new jobs. but we can't stop there, not until everybody who's out there pounding the pavement and sending out their resumes has a chance to land one of those jobs. >> suarez: in fact, half a million americans resumed looking for work in
president obama marked the improvement today in petersburg, virginia, at a rolls royce aircraft engine plant. >> the economy is getting stronger. and when i come to places like this and i see the work that's being done, it gives me confidence there are better days ahead. >> suarez: the labor department counted more than 142 million americans at work in february, the most since january 2009. employers added a net total of 227,000 jobs, somewhat better than expected. overall, the work...
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barack obama wins. why would anybody in the establishment think that a massachusetts moderate, which is a liberal by republican standards, pro abortion, pro gun control, pro tax increase, pro gay rights-- why would they think that he's going to be able to debate barack obama? >> brown: the head of a pro gingrich group, rick tyler, went further calling romney, quote, despicable and disgraceful. with the vitriol flying, late polls gave romney a double-digit lead. a survey of likely republican voters in florida showed him with a 14-point advantage. 43 to 29%. gingrich insisted he was closing the gap, but romney told report hes, quote, you can sense it's coming our way. elsewhere former pennsylvania senator rick santorum returned to campaigning today in missouri. he canceled weekend appearances in florida after his three-year-old daughter was hospitalized with pneumonia. and texas congressman ron paul kept his focus on states holding february caucuses where he's expected to perform better. but much of the f
barack obama wins. why would anybody in the establishment think that a massachusetts moderate, which is a liberal by republican standards, pro abortion, pro gun control, pro tax increase, pro gay rights-- why would they think that he's going to be able to debate barack obama? >> brown: the head of a pro gingrich group, rick tyler, went further calling romney, quote, despicable and disgraceful. with the vitriol flying, late polls gave romney a double-digit lead. a survey of likely...
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let's assume obama wins. what happens to bill clinton in the next four years and what role might he play because clearly the's been some improvement of his relationship with president obama. john harris? >> i think that his -- the role he will play is twofold. he likes being -- as he kind of thinks of it as president of the world. he likes traveling around. he likes being seen as a -- even though he loves politics, he loves being seen as a figure above politics and taking on international assignments like t one he took on aer the haiti earthquake. in the political realm i think he'll be consultant in chief to secretary of state clinton i take her at face value that she doesn't honestly know what she wants to do. i do think she's tired. i think it's an authentic question in her mind. i think there's no question in bill clinton's mind what he hopes will -- >> right, i think that's right. >> he wants her to run. >> rose: john, thank you for joining us. so mark halperin, what do you think about bill clinton? >> i
let's assume obama wins. what happens to bill clinton in the next four years and what role might he play because clearly the's been some improvement of his relationship with president obama. john harris? >> i think that his -- the role he will play is twofold. he likes being -- as he kind of thinks of it as president of the world. he likes traveling around. he likes being seen as a -- even though he loves politics, he loves being seen as a figure above politics and taking on international...
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he spoke in canada, ahead of a monday meeting with president obama. and to hari sreenivasan for what's on the newshour online. hari. >> sreenivasan: mark and david talk sports and politics on "the doubleheader." on "art beat," jeff spoke with the hosts of the first pbs online film festival. and tonight's edition of "need to know" goes back to ohio in advance of tuesday's primary. they revisit the stories of four people hit hard by the recession, and ask what they want from the presidential hopeful here's an excerpt. >> here in ohio, we've seen deep resilience in the face of real economic stress. >> i have to keep on moving on. >> reporter: and now with ohio's critical republican primary just days away, the most important state of all on super tuesday, some in the middle class remain unconvinced that any candidate from any party understands what's happened here. >> i don't think any politician can ever feel my pain. >> reporter: when we first met leanne chambers last september, she was following the same morning routine she followed for nearly a decade
he spoke in canada, ahead of a monday meeting with president obama. and to hari sreenivasan for what's on the newshour online. hari. >> sreenivasan: mark and david talk sports and politics on "the doubleheader." on "art beat," jeff spoke with the hosts of the first pbs online film festival. and tonight's edition of "need to know" goes back to ohio in advance of tuesday's primary. they revisit the stories of four people hit hard by the recession, and ask what...
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it's like obama. there's a similar sort of fervor. it's is not as big, but it's-- it echos that. >> and new hampshire, the young people. that was the campaign. and his phone bank, it was veterans makeig the phone call. it was impress and i have energetic. not that otherring didn't have good efforts and they did. but the paul thing was distinguished by the youth. >> woodruff: interesting, as we reported, he took the second day in a row-- >> he did. >> woodruff: that's what works in your favor. you don't go out and campaign. >> >> he's going to nevada this weekend instead of south carolina. >> woodruff: money, a question about money. the obama campaign announced they pulled in $68 million in the fourth quarter last year. mark, that sounds like a lot of money, compared to what-- i guess the romney people took in $24 million. >> it does sound like a lot of money. it is a lot of money. but it's not 2008. 2008, barack obama had an enormous spending advantage over john mccain. now, what does that mean? it means you can then deploy resources
it's like obama. there's a similar sort of fervor. it's is not as big, but it's-- it echos that. >> and new hampshire, the young people. that was the campaign. and his phone bank, it was veterans makeig the phone call. it was impress and i have energetic. not that otherring didn't have good efforts and they did. but the paul thing was distinguished by the youth. >> woodruff: interesting, as we reported, he took the second day in a row-- >> he did. >> woodruff: that's...
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in the end, our mission is not to convince people that barack obama is a bad person. our mission is to remind people that he's a bad president and there's a better way moving forward and that's mitt romney. >> ifill: rube, senator from florida, thank you so much for taking time for us. >> thank you. >> so mitt romney's stand on foreign policy issues from syria to iran to afghanistan and more will come under scrutiny this fall, even if it is not a major focus here in tampa this week. after a surprise appearance here last night for his wife ann's speech, the g.o.p. presidential hopeful headed to indianapolis today. at the american legion convention there, romney said his administration would focus on unemployed veterans. >> overwhelmingly the number one concern i hear from young veterans can be summed up in one word: jobs. they've served their country; they want to get back to work. they need and deserve good jobs. and this president's greatest failure is that he has not delivered those jobs. as president, i will get america to work again. ( cheers and applause ) >> ifi
in the end, our mission is not to convince people that barack obama is a bad person. our mission is to remind people that he's a bad president and there's a better way moving forward and that's mitt romney. >> ifill: rube, senator from florida, thank you so much for taking time for us. >> thank you. >> so mitt romney's stand on foreign policy issues from syria to iran to afghanistan and more will come under scrutiny this fall, even if it is not a major focus here in tampa this...
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the goebel project is sort of in a problem and it would be what obama spends the next four years on. i have to say as someone critical of a lot of his domestic policies, i think he's been pretty good. he's certainly someone who has a very cautious, yo nuanced and prudent foreign policy. he does not try too simplify complicated issues and sometimes it's overly cautious but in mysterious times like these over-caution is not the worst of sins. >> brown: mark, he does-- the president that is-- still embroileded in the question of benghazi, and particularly focused on susan rice. >> he does. and one point david made i wanted to follow up on, and that is the arab spring has made it impossible for any leader-- mubarak could really ignore hamas. but now, given the arab spring and the democratization of policy, even though we see mr. morsi today sort of reversing that policy, proven both elected and unelected leaders can be dictatorial. that hamas got a preemence and prominence it had not had fore in this showdown. we had tu nearby awe had egypt, we had turkey-- all basically endorsing much t
the goebel project is sort of in a problem and it would be what obama spends the next four years on. i have to say as someone critical of a lot of his domestic policies, i think he's been pretty good. he's certainly someone who has a very cautious, yo nuanced and prudent foreign policy. he does not try too simplify complicated issues and sometimes it's overly cautious but in mysterious times like these over-caution is not the worst of sins. >> brown: mark, he does-- the president that...
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. >> and all eyes are now on barack obama to turn it around. >> obama gets a real glimpse of the future. disaster is coming. >> "money, power and wall street" continues right now. >> narrator: it was on a cold march day in 2008 that the fear of a meltdown would become a reality. >> ...are triggering fears of a financial meltdown on wall street. foreclosures rose to record highs. >> narrator: after the real estate bubble burst, it would only be a matter of time before investors would start to lose confidence in wall street's biggest banks. >> it started with news that some bear stearns hedge funds... >> narrator: bear stearns was the first to crack. >> pretty normal morning. and then suddenly around 11:00 there's a tremor. the stock starts to go down. the cfo of bear starts calling down to his desks, to the repo guys, the bond guys, "anybody hear anything? anybody know anything? what is this?" "yeah, the rumor is that we're running out of cash, and that we might be in trouble." >> ...leading this very sharp rally on wall street with the exception of bear stearns. >> narrator: the rumors
. >> and all eyes are now on barack obama to turn it around. >> obama gets a real glimpse of the future. disaster is coming. >> "money, power and wall street" continues right now. >> narrator: it was on a cold march day in 2008 that the fear of a meltdown would become a reality. >> ...are triggering fears of a financial meltdown on wall street. foreclosures rose to record highs. >> narrator: after the real estate bubble burst, it would only be a...
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president obama issued a new appeal today to wean the nation from its dependence on oil. he said it would mean lower gas prices. the president spoke at a daimler truck plant in north carolina. he called again for developing american wind, solar and nuclear power and more efficient engines. >> sreenivasan: the president also urged congress to provide $1 billion in grants for cities to buy and use vehicles with advanced technologies. wall street rebounded today from tuesday's big losses. the dow jones industrial average gained 78 points to close at 12,837. the nasdaq rose 25 points to close at 2,935. in syria, the red crescent got into the devastated baba amr section, in the city of homs, a week after a government siege ended. the relief group said most civilians had fled the area. syrian state television broadcast video showing clean-up efforts there. the government claimed terror groups were behind the destruction. the u.n. humanitarian chief valerie amos was also allow to visit baba amr, as she began a three-day mission to syria. in washingt, pentagon leaders counseled c
president obama issued a new appeal today to wean the nation from its dependence on oil. he said it would mean lower gas prices. the president spoke at a daimler truck plant in north carolina. he called again for developing american wind, solar and nuclear power and more efficient engines. >> sreenivasan: the president also urged congress to provide $1 billion in grants for cities to buy and use vehicles with advanced technologies. wall street rebounded today from tuesday's big losses....
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president obama acted. it seems disconnected from reality and ideological to come in and say for completely ideological reasons, "i would have done nothing." i don't think it plays very well in the general election, certainly. >> woodruff: do we look for some movement in the next few weeks? do they slog away until the primaries? >> i think romney has to win michigan. if he doesn't, he has to lose it closely. if he loses michigan lopsided i think it's going to be a moment of greatst grave self-doubt for the entire republican party establishment as well as the romney candidacy. maybe he loses michigan and wins in arizona. i think ohio will be a real battleground on march 6, supertuesday. >> woodruff: do you agree with that? >> i do. he can narrowly lose michigan and win big in arizona and survive this near-death expense. he loses big in michigan it reconfigures the race. >> woodruff: all right, we are glad to have you both here to help us reconfigure our analysis. mark shields, michael gerson, thank you both.
president obama acted. it seems disconnected from reality and ideological to come in and say for completely ideological reasons, "i would have done nothing." i don't think it plays very well in the general election, certainly. >> woodruff: do we look for some movement in the next few weeks? do they slog away until the primaries? >> i think romney has to win michigan. if he doesn't, he has to lose it closely. if he loses michigan lopsided i think it's going to be a moment...
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there was president obama doing this in ohio. >> that's exactly right. long before this plays out in the courts-- if it does-- it's going to play out on the campaign trail. this is a perfect melding for the president, i think, of his two themes of the year which is, one, we can't wait. this is a mantra, we can't wait for congress to act, congress is dysfunctional and hopelessly partisan, the republicans won't cut me a fair shake, they won't even give any of my nominees some of these jobs an up-or-down vote. so he gets to drive home the theme that congress is so dysfunctional he has to do this extraordinary move his other theme, of course, is i'll be the president more interested in expanding opportunities for the middle-class and giving the middle-class a better shake and putting richard cordray on the job helps me do that. >> brown: binyamin, you talked about what hasn't happened without a director. in spite of the politics, he comes in and is the director, right? so what happens? how quickly do they start taking the actions they wre avoiding sfwhfr >>
there was president obama doing this in ohio. >> that's exactly right. long before this plays out in the courts-- if it does-- it's going to play out on the campaign trail. this is a perfect melding for the president, i think, of his two themes of the year which is, one, we can't wait. this is a mantra, we can't wait for congress to act, congress is dysfunctional and hopelessly partisan, the republicans won't cut me a fair shake, they won't even give any of my nominees some of these jobs...